If you’re as chronically online as most of the IFLScience staff are, chances are you’ve come across the desert rain frog.

By Victoria Schneider The survival of a unique frog species that lives in the coastal sand dunes of South Africa and Namibia ...

The desert rain frog, native to a narrow coastal strip of south-west Africa, has been classified as vulnerable on the IUCN red list, as its habitat is threatened by mining ...

Learn how the latest IUCN Red List update links deep-sea mining, diamond projects, and invasive predators to extinction risks ...

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford. Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in ...

Mining for diamonds has put another extraordinary creature at risk of disappearing such as "the desert rain frog." A frog that became an internet sensation because of its trademark squeaky defensive ...

The new species is described as having a flat face, downturned mouth, and round body, according to a study. Screen grab of photo shared on Facebook by Nick Evans. As an electrical storm hit a small ...

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Naming all the creatures and plants in nature is no small task. Fortunate Phaka is a zoologist who has conducted the first comprehensive analysis of naming and classification of frogs and reptiles in ...